Racing News: August 5 Morning Report

In Maine, Jordan Hasay Gets By With the Help of Some MenA successful high school, collegiate, and professional track runner, Hasay is still a road racing novice and was pleased with her fourth place at last Saturday’s Beach to Beacon 10K. The top three women got away from her, but Hasay found men to run alongside – and even to pick off as they faded in front of her, keeping her competitively focused, as Race Results Weeklyexplains. Hasay will do the Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod on August 17. More

Can Rudisha and Amos Take the 800-Meter Record Below 1:40?Olympic gold medalist David Rudisha of Kenya and Nijel Amos of Botswana, who defeated him at the recent Commonwealth Games, are again raising the stakes in the 800. Rudisha broke the world record three times, bringing it down to 1:40.91. Lowering it by another 91/100ths of a second would require averaging under 50.0 for two laps. As Athletics Weekly reports, Rudisha says his young challengers keep him awake; Amos says he grows up a little each time he races against Rudisha. It might not take a huge leap of maturity to get below 1:40. More

A Harvard Man Could Lead Stanford to NCAA TitleMaksim Korolev, from Kazakhstan, finished up his four years in the Ivy League but he still has collegiate eligibility left. The third finisher in last fall’s NCAA Cross Country Championships, he joins a Stanford team whose Jim Rosa was fifth in those NCAAs. Stanford will also have Jim’s brother Joe, a track All-American, and the top three finishers from the 2014 USA Junior Cross Country Championships. More

Ford Palmer Wins the Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh in 3:57.61It had been 40 years since a sub-4:00 mile had been run in Raleigh, North Carolina. Palmer, one of 2014’s breakthrough middle distance runners, ended that drought on Friday night at Meredith College. Local runners Donnie Cowart (3:58.43) and and Isaac Presson (3:59.77) also broke 4:00. Heidi Gregson of Furman Elite clocked 4:34.05 for the women's victory; it was the fastest women’s mile in North Carolina state history. More

Ethiopian Teens in Oregon Were Fleeing Civil UnrestThe story of the four Ethiopians who disappeared from the World Junior Championships in Eugene has a new chapter almost every day. It had already been reported that two of the athletes signed professional shoe contracts, but the Oregonian is now confirming the athletes were indeed afraid to return to Ethiopia and were hoping to defect. More

Runner’s World Half Gets a Flatter and Faster CourseThe race is on October 19, capping a three-day festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While efforts were made to retain the picturesque nature of the course, a hill in the first mile was removed and the race is now all downhill or flat from mile 9 to the end. More

Scottish Man Runs 3:46 Marathon in Full Highland DressThat includes a kilt, knee socks, a buttoned-up waistcoat and a sporran (look it up), all of which Gavin Orr, 45, admitted were pretty heavy for running 26.2 miles. But in his Guinness record 3:46:15, he still managed to approach the finish of the Callanish Stones Marathon jumping in the air and clicking his heels together. More

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